Tuesday, March 27, 2012

March 27, 2012

POS 282--Introduction to American Law
In class today, Tuesday 3/27, we went over the Reardon case, talking about how to brief the case, the key facts of the case, and the implications of the Court making policy decisions. I then discussed three Maine Law Court cases regarding releases of liability: Doyle v. Bowdoin College, 403 A.2d 1206 (Me., 1979); Hardy v. St. Clair, 1999 ME 142, 739 A.2d 368; and Lloyd v. Sugarloaf, 2003 ME 117, 833 A.2d 1. The assignment for Thursday 3/29 is to review Caperton (previously assigned) on p. 77, and to read in addition Gonzales v. Raich, through p.97 of the text.

POS 359--The Current Supreme Court Term
In class today, Tuesday 3/27, we went over the Anti-Injunction Act portion of the Affordable Care Act oral argument this week. I then started to cover some history of health insurance in America, getting up to the great depression and the birth of the "Blues". We will pick up there the next time we go back to the ACA. The assignment for Thursday 3/29 is to complete the FCC v. Fox paper, which is due at the beginning of class on Thursday.

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